Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Keep Dreaming Geeky Dreams

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I want this so freaking badly I can taste it. But it's more than my daughter's preschool tuition. Barring that, I think I need this - though want is another thing altogether in this case:
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And then, there's this:
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Which goes perfectly with today's post. Baby afghans. I had a baby (my second) in April. I got the coolest freakin' handmade baby afghan EVER. To wit...



and just in case you need a closer view to "get" it...


Yeah, that's right. She knitted Earth's point of origin into the afghan.
FoxPhile, you RULE!
And to show, even more, how she rules... she's sharing how she did it with Keep the Geek readers. Though it looks complicated, FP would classify this as being "intermediate" in difficulty.



and the written directions:

Stargate Point of Origin Knit Baby Afghan Pattern.

Cast on 179 stitches. ( 24 stitches per motif x 7 motifs + 1 + 10 for side edges )

K1 P1 across 5 rows for the base

Each section is knit of 26 rows of Motif. 9 sections makes a nice size afghan.

Complete the piece with another 5 rows of K1 P1 across

Motif Rows (ABABABA pattern):

Row 1: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 P across to last 5 stitches K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 2: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 K across to last 5 stitches K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 3: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: P24
Motif B: P4 K5 P7 K5 P3
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 4: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 K across to last 5 stitches K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 5: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3
Motif B: P5 K3 P9 K3 P4
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 6: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4
Motif B: K24
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 7: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3
Motif B: P6 K3 P7 K3 P5
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 8: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4
Motif B: K24
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 9: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3
Motif B: P7 K3 P5 K3 P6
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 10: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1
Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4
Motif B: K24
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 11: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1 Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3
Motif B: P8 K3 P3 K3 P7
K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 12: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4

Motif B: K24

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 13: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3

Motif B: P9 K3 P1 K3 P8

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 14: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4

Motif B: K24

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 15: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3

Motif B: P10 K5 P9

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 14: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4

Motif B: K24

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 15: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3

Motif B: P10 K5 P9

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 16: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4

Motif B: K24

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 17: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3

Motif B: P11 K3 P10

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 18: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4

Motif B: K24

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1


Row 19: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3

Motif B: P24

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 20: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4

Motif B: K24

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 21: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: P4 [K1 P1 8 times] K1 P3

Motif B: P11 K3 P10

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 22: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: K4 [K1 P1 8 times] K4

Motif B: K24

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 23: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: P24

Motif B: P10 K5 P9

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 24: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 K across to last 5 stitches K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 25: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Alternate Motif A and Motif B across: ABABABA. End with one extra P1

Motif A: P24

Motif B: P11 K3 P10

K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

Row 26: K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 K across to last 5 stitches K1 P1 K1 P1 K1

After you complete the pattern in the ABABABA mode, repeat rows 1 thru 26, but start with Motif B and alternate Motif B and Motif A across: BABABAB.


(Sorry, I got bored of formatting about halfway through - I think I'll get this posted before another shiny object gets in the way!)

2 comments:

Amanda said...

Your daughter has a preschool "tuition"? And furthermore, if it's anywhere around $1,000 - WOW! I suppose she's going somewhere fancy, then. o:

That.
Is the most amazing afghan.
Ever.

My baby is going to have one of those, one day in the very distant future. And later on the child will ask what the symbol is, and I'll get to pull out the old DVD player (because HD is already turning into Betamax, so you know that 20-30 years from now...) and pop in the original movie, and I'll end up with a child that'll be geeked even earlier than I was. X)

PeppyPilotGirl said...

Sadly, Amanda, her tuition for 2 days a week 9:30 - 2:30 was $1600. And it's just the subsidized town preschool run by our parks and rec department. The ones at churches and other commercial ones run around twice that.

And, amen!, keep the geek going!! I remember watching ST:TOS as a 5 year old. I had a nightmare about the salt vampire. Still, I was hopelessly addicted.